Julya Rose Denholm and Cindy Bigbie: We can build peace with the Youth PROMISE Act

5:58 PM,
Oct. 9, 2013

Cindy Bigbie

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Julya Rose Denholm and Cindy Bigbie
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On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel committee will announce the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement will either be ignored or greeted with celebration, surprise or, as is sometimes the case, derision. Global peacemakers certainly deserve at least as much recognition as those whose achievements in film, music, theater and sports often receive the bulk of our attention.

But isn't it time we also celebrated and supported those in our own communities who are working on the front lines for peace?

In big and small ways, many thousands are working heroically in our own cities to help ...